Monthly Archive: April 2018

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Greater Toronto home sales in March down 39.5 per cent from year ago

TORONTO — The Toronto Real Estate Board says home sales in the Greater Toronto Area in March fell 39.5 per cent compared with a year ago. The board says there were 7,228 home sales through its MLS system last month compared with a record 11,954 sales in March 2017. New listings also fell to 14,866 […]

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EDC’s big bets quietly paying off

“Our aspiration is to help more companies than ever before go, grow and succeed internationally, and we’ll achieve this by using our own carefully managed capital base,” EDC CEO Benoit Daignault said

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The Latest: Chinese official says outside pressure to fail

BEIJING — The Latest on U.S.-China trade tensions (all times local): 5:30 p.m. A senior Chinese finance official has warned that attempts by foreign countries to pressure China on trade will fail, striking a firm note as Beijing announced proposed tariff hikes on American goods in response to planned U.S. duties. Zhu Guangyao, China’s deputy […]

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Toronto and area home sales dip 39.5 per cent in March from March 2017

TORONTO — Canada’s largest real estate board says home sales in the Greater Toronto Area were down 39.5 per cent year-over-year in March. The Toronto Real Estate Board says GTA realtors reported 7,228 residential transactions during the month compared to a record 11,954 sales in March 2017. New listings totalled 14,866, representing a 12.4 per […]

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Europe’s jobless rate lowest since 2008 amid recovery

FRANKFURT — Unemployment in the 19 countries that use the euro fell to its lowest level in nearly a decade as the region’s economy benefits from waning worries over the currency union’s problems with too much debt. The European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat said Wednesday that the jobless rate fell to 8.5 per cent in […]